One band of rain and storms is forecast to move through early in the morning, and then another band of rain and storms are forecast to move through during the day. There is the potential for locally heavy rain. Rain chances begin to go down Sunday. 30% rain chance Monday and Hotter with highs in the low 90s.

Low pressure to our east and high pressure to our west, and we have a whole lot of moisture in the Gulf moving our way. Zooming in, the heaviest rain is along the ppxx00 coast. This is where we have some thunderstorms moving north towards Grand Isle and the Mouth of the Mississippi River. It's mostly light rain over south Louisiana now. It is also scattered. Scattered light rain is now on the Northshore and light rain continues along the Mississippi Coast. Here is a look at the rainfall amounts. The heaviest rain has been along the coast. In Slidell we have doppler indicated about an inch and a half. Urban and small stream flood advisory is posted until 5:30 pm for St. Tammany parish. There were reports of flooding on Gause Blvd. The rain has diminished in intensity, but there is a whole lot of rain out there moving our of the Gulf. Expect off and on rain this evening, but models show rain and storms increasing in the morning and off and on during the day Saturday. Temperatures have dropped thanks to the rain. Most areas are in the mid to upper 70s to near 80. Temperatures will not change much this evening. Morning lows will be in the mid 70s to upper 70s. Highs tomorrow will mainly be in the upper 80s. Here is the forecast model. It shows rain diminishing this evening, but storms moving into the area in the early morning hours. Going into Saturday rain and storms increase Saturday by noon time. There is the potential for locally heavy rain. The rain diminishes going into Saturday night. Rain chances are low for Sunday. Highs will be in the low 90s with a 40% rain chance. Rain chances are lower for Monday at a 30% chance. Highs will be in the low 90s. Looks like a typical Summer week next week with highs in the low 90s and a chance of rain and storms each afternoon with daytime heating. On the anniversary of Katrina we look back. Banama says the big X is still on the wall of their renovated house. Looking back at 2005, we had 28 storms, 15 hurricanes and 7 intense...that included Katrina that moved onshore first at Buras with 127 mph winds. We all know what happened after that. This year we are just through Christobal, and a below average season is forecast. We all know it just takes one. Right now we are watching a tropical wave moving west across the Central Caribbean. It has a 30% chance tropical development in 3-5 days. Forecast takes it into the Southwest Gulf and then into Mexico. Our forecast looks wet for Saturday. STILL TO COME ON WDSU NEWS AT FIVE...